Inspection Results » Horizon Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on December 7, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-01-20)
      • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2019-01-20)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html